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There are three main ways to code episode:
* '''Sequential Numbering''': The first episode is given the code "#1" and the numbers increment from there. This is the standard way to number long-running programs that don't have episode titles, such as [[Game Show
* '''Seasonal Numbering''': The code is a number that is a bit like room numbers. The last two digits are the episode number and the first one or two digits are the season number. So "#421" would be the 21st episode of Season 4. This can also be written as "4x21", "4.21", "4-21", or "S04E21".
* '''Weird Numbering''': The episode codes here are a jumble of alphanumerics. Internally, this probably is useful for something, but only the die-hard fans will bother to learn the code. Casual fans will probably apply one of the above codes to the episodes.
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* Both ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]'' have funky episode codes, like 7F19 or 2ACV06.
** ''[[Family Guy]]'' and many other FOX shows also have strange episode codes, like 2ACX08. This seems to be a standard format for FOX shows, especially in the earlier years of 20th Century Fox Television.
** In the days of single letters, the letter referred to the
** In the modern numbering system, the three letter code refers to the show, and the starting number (or letter in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' case) indicates the production season.
* Shows like ''[[The Daily Show]]'' or ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' have sequential episode numbers, because episodes don't have titles, and seasons aren't as important to this kind of show. Due to the news-esque nature of the shows, it's more convenient to just refer to episodes by their airdates.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' used an increasing number of letters from Seasons 1-26 (A-Z, then AA/BB/etc. and later 4C, 7D, then Seasonal Numbering with the revival. [http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/episodes/all.htm A list is here.] Note the three codes for ''The Trial of a Time Lord''
** According to the BBC, the current run of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is not the same as the old run, thus the Tenth Doctor ended his tenure in "''Doctor Who'' (2005) Series 4".
** Big Finish gives the production code "8A" to the 1996 film, and their ''Who'' audio dramas with Paul McGann continue the numbering as you'd expect (8B, 8C...).
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** On the DVD commentaries, the pilot is ''not'' counted toward the total; "Tabula Rasa" is referred to as the first episode. By this logic, "The Variable" should have been #95.
** Not a unique phenomenon, as many programmes have an opener or finale which is two hours. In the case of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', the opening credits even named the two episodes separately and billed the credits as such. "Directed by: Richard Richard ("Cock"), Edward Hitler ("Bull")".
* For the current run of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', the daytime run originally used a "D" designation corresponding to the week number and day of that
** This was done mainly to distinguish the daytime show from the nighttime version, which started at the same time and used codes ending in "N".
** The first five daytime episodes used a second production number that prefaced the normal "D" -- "#0101-''X''", with "''X''" referring to the taping order from 1-5. The first week's tapings were #0011D, #0013D, #0014D, #0012D, #0015D. There is no way to tell how this system would have continued (the next taping, #0022D, did not have an alternate code), but a logical conclusion may be that "#0101-''X''" could have also been written as "S01W01E0''X''".
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